Through early May, a total of 258 people have been killed in fatal Illinois car accidents, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Forty-five deaths involved drunk driving accidents, while another 36 fatal crashes involved unlicensed drivers. To date, 13 fewer fatal crashes have occurred this year than during the same period a year ago.

A rollover accident on I-57 near 99th and Halsted streets sent six people to the hospital on Mother’s Day. The accident occurred in the Far South Side’s Washington Heights neighborhood at about 3 p.m., the Breaking News Center reported.

-On that same weekend, a 62-year-old Evanston man was killed after his vehicle crashed in the southbound lanes of I-57. State police report the vehicle struck something in the roadway before crashing into a concrete median about 2 p.m.

-Also, an Englewood car accident injured four people, one of them critically, after a minivan and a car collided on South Carpenter Street, shortly before 1 a.m., according to the News Center.

Police report the 22-year-old driver of a Ford Thunderbird disobeyed a stop sign on Carpenter Avenue at 64th Street, where he collided with a Plymouth Voyager.

-Finally, a 5-year-old boy was killed when a car driven by his mother’s boyfriend crashed into a tree in a south suburban neighborhood, the News Center reported. The Chicago Heights car accident occurred about 3:30 a.m. at Steger Road and Carpenter Street. The boy was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital and Health Centers.

Authorities have not determined whether alcohol was involved; the 22-year-old man was treated for minor injuries and given a blood test, the results of which were pending.

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